Meaning Of The Word Stapelia

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stapelia in American English
any of a genus (Stapelia) of cactuslike African plants of the milkweed family, with large, star-shaped, bad-smelling, yellowish or purple flowers
noun: any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor

stapelia in British English
noun: any fleshy cactus-like leafless African plant of the asclepiadaceous genus Stapelia, having thick four-angled stems and large typically fetid mottled flowers

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